as Cornelius Vanderbilt
Ching Valdes-Aran is an OBIE award winning actress and resides in NYC. Most recently she was seen touring in numerous international and domestic theater festivals in Geoffe Sobelle's HOME that opened at BAM in Dec. 2017 until it was aborted in March 2020 due to the pandemic lockdown.
Ching has been seen on Broadway, OFF & OFF-OFF Broadway venues. Selected roles include: Lady Macbeth opposite Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham (NYSF, Shakespeare on Broadway, Belasco Theater); Bernarda (The House of Bernarda Alba, NAATCO); Medea (Pan Asian Repertory); Mother Courage (Ma-Yi Theater); Aying (OBIE,Flipzoids, Ma-Yi Theater); Imelda Marcos (Dogeaters, Public Theater); Empress of China (Cincinnati Playhouse); Clytemnestra ( Iphogenia At Aulis, Yale Repertory).
Other awards: FOX Foundation Fellow, Asian Cultural Council Fellow, New Dramatist's Spenser Cherashore Award, Charles Bowden Award, IAAI Award in Theatre Arts, PACCAL Award in Arts, US Congressional Award in Arts & Culture.
Ching has been seen on Broadway, OFF & OFF-OFF Broadway venues. Selected roles include: Lady Macbeth opposite Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham (NYSF, Shakespeare on Broadway, Belasco Theater); Bernarda (The House of Bernarda Alba, NAATCO); Medea (Pan Asian Repertory); Mother Courage (Ma-Yi Theater); Aying (OBIE,Flipzoids, Ma-Yi Theater); Imelda Marcos (Dogeaters, Public Theater); Empress of China (Cincinnati Playhouse); Clytemnestra ( Iphogenia At Aulis, Yale Repertory).
Other awards: FOX Foundation Fellow, Asian Cultural Council Fellow, New Dramatist's Spenser Cherashore Award, Charles Bowden Award, IAAI Award in Theatre Arts, PACCAL Award in Arts, US Congressional Award in Arts & Culture.